WC 2011 Match Facts and Scorecard: New Zealand vs Zimbabwe

New Zealand routed another minnow to register another biggest victory by wickets.

Match Facts

Match 18
Captains: Vettori (NZ), Chigumbura (Zim)
Result: NZ def Zim by 10 wkts
MOM: Guptill
50s: 2 (NZ)
100 plus partnerships: 166 1st wkt Guptill and B McCullum
6s: 4
3 wkts or more: 3/29 Southee

Record

New Zealand recorded another biggest 10 wkt victory.
Guptill and McCullum recorded biggest 1st wkt partnership.

Zimbabwe innings (50 overs maximum)

Taylor lbw b Styris 44 runs 4 4s
Coventry run out 0
Taibu lbw b Southee 8 runs 1 four
Ervine c Ryder b Mills 11 runs 2 4s
Chigumbura lbw b Vettori 1
Chakabva c Taylor b Vettori 0
Lamb run out 18 runs 1 four
Utseya b Southee 36 runs 3 4s
Cremer c B McCullum b Mills 22 runs 1 four
Price lbw b Southee 11 runs
Panyangara not out 4 runs 1 four
Extras (lb 4, w 3) 7
Total (46.2 overs) 162

Fall of wickets

1-2 (Coventry, 1.2 ov), 2-27 (Taibu, 7.4 ov), 3-42 (Ervine, 12.6 ov), 4-46 (Chigumbura, 14.1 ov), 5-46 (Chakabva, 14.3 ov), 6-86 (Taylor, 23.1 ov), 7-89 (Lamb, 26.6 ov), 8-122 (Cremer, 36.6 ov), 9-157 (Price, 44.1 ov), 10-162 (Utseya, 46.2 ov)

Bowling

Mills 10 ov 29/2
Southee 9.2 ov 3 maidens 29/3
Bennett 8 ov 37/0
Vettori 10 ov 3 maidens 25/2
Styris 4 ov 13/1
N McCullum 3
Ryder 2 ov 10/0

New Zealand innings (target: 163 runs from 50 overs)

Guptill not out 86 runs 7 4s 2 6s
B McCullum not out 76 runs 6 4s 2 6s
Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 2) 4
Total (33.3 overs) 166/0

Bowling

Panyangara 5.3 ov 42/0
Price 7 ov 23/0
Utseya 6 ov 23/0
Lamb 5 ov 18/0
Cremer 7 ov 38/0
Chigumbura 3 ov 21/0